How inconvenient is that $100m, Al?

In his new book Gore blames oil for global warming, then he takes cash from a state rich in it. No problem, he says

Gore is a passionate environmental campaigner but his highbrow style is widely mocked (Jae C Hong)

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bout halfway through my interview with Al Gore, after a long chat about the familiar subjects that have occupied so much of his recent career — global warming, renewable energy, internet freedom — I get to the question that has always bothered me about Bill Clinton’s vice-president who famously lost the White House in 2000 to a few dozen faulty Florida ballot papers.

Look, I say, you’re sitting there telling me that the world is crying out for global leadership on vital issues, yet you won’t run for office again yourself. You’ve won a Nobel peace prize, your books are all bestsellers, you’ve got a practically unrivalled political pedigree. Were you really so hurt by that Florida debacle that you will never run for office again?